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I would like to know that as well, but I'm not sure anyone has put that together here. There are demo track names and lots of details in the CN book that help identify which demo tracks came from which assembled production demo. Several of the same demos were repeated across the various album production demos, and that is made more confusing because the Immersion set disks repeat several identical demos 2 and 3x, sometimes listing them as band demos and sometimes Roger Waters demos.

The Immersion demos that are from Roger's original demo tape are kind of obvious. I think there were around 6 demos that were repeated twice in the Immersion set, and a couple are repeated 3x. Empty Spaces is on there twice as a band demo, once as a Roger demo. They are all the exact same RW demo. Same with Goodbye Cruel World.

I would like to know that as well, but I'm not sure anyone has put that together here. There are demo track names and lots of details in the CN book that help identify which demo tracks came from which assembled production demo. Several of the same demos were repeated across the various album production demos, and that is made more confusing because the Immersion set disks repeat several identical demos 2 and 3x, sometimes listing them as band demos and sometimes Roger Waters demos.

The Immersion demos that are from Roger's original demo tape are kind of obvious. I think there were around 6 demos that were repeated twice in the Immersion set, and a couple are repeated 3x. Empty Spaces is on there twice as a band demo, once as a Roger demo. They are all the exact same RW demo. Same with Goodbye Cruel World.

Many thanks Kit Rae - I know, it is so confusing, but your information has made it a little clearer to me. Still, I think they could have made a better job of the Immersion set than they did, it just doesn't make sense !!!

This was posted in a thread on the forum a good while ago. It was thread 27466 but seems to be gone now. I took some text and screen captures a long time ago that still show the thread number. I've attached one of the images I found most useful and can attach more later if no one else can find the thread.

No problem at all. See pic in my original reply and I've included the notes I kept below:

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Hi Guys,

I started comparing the demos presented on The Wall Immersion Edition with the existing info on the 4 Wall Demos done by the band or band members. These include:
Demo 1 - Roger Waters Home Demo "Bricks In The Wall" - Summer 1978
Demo 2 - Pink Floyd Production Demo 1 - January 1979
Demo 3 - Pink Floyd Production Demo 2 - March 1979
Demo 4 - Pink Floyd Production Demo 3 - August 1979

The first demos presented on the set are easy to identify as they are clearly labelled as being from Roger Waters original demo tape, "Bricks In The Wall". This tape dates from the summer of 1978, or at least that's when Pink Floyd as a band reviewed the tape. From Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon's excellent book, "Comfortably Numb" we know the tracklisting of the original demo tape is as follows:

I've highlighted the tracks in RED that are made available in the Wall Immersion set (albeit snippets). Outlined below is the evidence or opinions I'm using to reach my conclusion. The only real stretch is calling "instrumental interlude" an early version of "Goodbye Blue Sky". I'm doing this based on it's place in the suite only. It's entirely possible Roger demoed this song after the original demo and James Guthrie mixed it into this medley for the Immersion set.
We'll Meet Again / Prelude (Vera Lynn)

Vernon's book notes the following - "the original Vera Lynn song, which eventually blends with fuzz guitars, and cross-fades into bombers, string synth pads, a helicopter and ends with Roger playing notes in octaves on his bass". Although this all isn't present in the snippet presented on Disc 5 track 1 on Disc 5 Track 23 the full version is presented and confirms this (blends into the beginning of track 24).

Mother / Mother
Self-explanatory.
Brick 2: Education / Another Brick In The Wall, Part 2
Self-explanatory.
Young Lust / Young Lust
Self-explanatory.
Don't Leave Me Now / Don't Leave Me Now
Self-explanatory.
Brick 3: Drugs / Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3
Self-explanatory
Empty Spaces / Empty Spaces
Self-explanatory
Backs To The Wall
Self-explanatory
Goodbye Cruel World / Goodbye Cruel World
Self-explanatory
Bleeding Hearts / Outside The Wall
Vernon notes "this became Outside The Wall".
Follow The Worms / Waiting The Worms
Vernon notes "this became Waiting For The Worms".
Death Disco / Run Like Hell
Admittedly I'm making a small jump here. But based on the fact that Vernon notes, "this song contains the seeds of 'Are there any queers in the theatre tonight? Get 'em up against the wall', etc., plus early elements of what became the guitar riff for 'Young Lust'" I think it's a safe bet. In addition throughout the 1980-81 tour Roger introduced Run Like Hell as "disco" music.
Is There Anybody Out There? / Is there Anybody Out There?
Self-explanatory
Vera / Vera
Self-explanatory
Bring The Boys Back Home / Bring The Boys Back Home
Self-explanatory
Hey You / Hey You
Self-explanatory
Trial By Puppet / The Trial
Vernon notes "an early version of 'The Trial'"
Who's Sorry Now / It's Never Too Late & The Show Must Go On
Vernon notes "this became 'The Show Must Go On'"

Overall the songs from the original Waters demo that aren't represented here are Teacher Teacher, Sexual Revolution, Is There Anybody Out There? [blues version], instrumental theme.

The Show Must Go On on the 'Under Construction' bootleg is different than both versions on The Wall Immersion Set, again corroborating that Under Construction is a demo made between the main Floyd demos for the album. Run Like Hell on the 'Under Construction' bootleg is just a re-recorded version of the Original David Gilmour Demo with over dubbed crowd sound effects.

The 4th and final demo of The Wall was done in August 1979 as a final production demo. According to Vernon Fitch and Richard Mahon's excellent book the track listing of this demo was as follows:
The Show
Thin Ice
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 1
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
Another Brick In the Wall, Part 2
Mother
Goodbye Blue Sky
Empty Spaces
Young Lust
One Of My Turns
Don't Leave Me Now
Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now?
Another Brick In The Wall, Part 3
Goodbye Cruel World
Is There Anybody Out There?
Nobody Home
Vera
Bring The Boys Back Home
The Doctor (Comfortably Numb) (Disc 6 Track 15 - The Doctor)
Hey You
The Show Must Go On (Disc 6 Track 10 - The Show Must Go On)
The Show
Run Like Hell
Waiting For The Worms
Stop
Trial By Puppet
Outside The Wall (Disc 6 Track 13 - Outside The Wall)

Obviously all of these guesses are just that, guesses. My hope is that by posting this I will open up discussion and we can reach a general conclusion regarding the timeframe of these newly released demos.

Thanks
- Mike

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Originally Posted by *******
[...] I like MOB's theory which he recently posted on AFG...

I think "Under Constrcution" could be the last of the 4 demos (the one from August 1979). Let me explain...

We have 4 different demos of Comfortably Numb, and the chronological order can be identified if we listen to them carefully. Here's the chrononological order as I see it:

1) Gilmour demo (disc 6 track 22): obviously the first demo, 1978

2) disc 6 track 15: this version is still close to the original demo, with added lyrics, all of them being sung by Gilmour (verses and chorus)

3) disc 6 track 5: on that version, Waters sings the verses, with a melody still close to the one sung by Gilmour. That version is more elaborated than the previous one because the first guitar solo is already well developped on that version.

4) Under Construction: the phrasing of the verses is completely changed by Waters (almost spoken lyrics, instead of sung lyrics) and is closer to the final version (even if the silly "physician, magician" lyrics are there). The ending solo is still to be finalised, but that version is more developped than the previous ones.

And if CD6 Programme 1 is indeed part of the first band demo (2nd Demo overall), according to Fitch and Mahon's setlist it would mean that "Instrumental Theme" is not only [CD6 Track 12 - The Thin Ice (reprise)] but probably also refers to the instrumental version of "Outside The Wall" that precedes it [CD6 Track 11]. Meaning that your list should look more like this:

Which leaves me thinking that the track named "It's Never To Late" (with the "Oh it's not easy" lyrics) is actually a mislabel by the people who wrote the "new" setlist for this Immersion box. Probably back then that "track" was just the continuation or second part of the "Outside The Wall" demo (second band demo) so probably it didn't even had a name, and they got confused because that title appears at the end of the set after The Trial so they thought that was the name of this "unknown" closing track.

"Never Too Late" obviously refers to "The Show Must Go On" demo which has that lyrics at the end, and which was placed AFTER The Trial (Prophet Synth version), just like we can see in both Fitch's setlist for the first band demo AND CD6 Programme 1.

Any opinions?
I completely agree. I've been meaning to write an update to my original post as I was also thinking about this exact issue the other day. Great Work!